diff --git a/activitypub.go b/activitypub.go
index 081fcea..a6ef1da 100644
--- a/activitypub.go
+++ b/activitypub.go
@@ -637,16 +637,11 @@ func federatePost(app *App, p *PublicPost, collID int64, isUpdate bool) error {
 			// much logic to catch this at the expense of the odd extra request.
 			// I don't believe we'd ever have too many mentions in a single post that this
 			// could become a burden.
-
-			fmt.Println(tag.HRef)
-			fmt.Println("aaa")
 			remoteUser, err := getRemoteUser(app, tag.HRef)
 			err = makeActivityPost(app.cfg.App.Host, actor, remoteUser.Inbox, activity)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error("Couldn't post! %v", err)
 			}
-			// log.Info("Activity", activity)
-
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/collections.go b/collections.go
index 431afd1..f0450b5 100644
--- a/collections.go
+++ b/collections.go
@@ -830,10 +830,7 @@ func handleViewMention(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	http.Redirect(w, r, remoteUser, http.StatusSeeOther)
-	w.Write([]byte("go to " + remoteUser))
-
-	return nil
+	return impart.HTTPError{Status: http.StatusFound, Message: remoteUser} 
 }
 
 func handleViewCollectionTag(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
diff --git a/routes.go b/routes.go
index 4c26f47..6f6bd58 100644
--- a/routes.go
+++ b/routes.go
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ func InitRoutes(apper Apper, r *mux.Router) *mux.Router {
 	write.HandleFunc(nodeinfo.NodeInfoPath, handler.LogHandlerFunc(http.HandlerFunc(ni.NodeInfoDiscover)))
 	write.HandleFunc(niCfg.InfoURL, handler.LogHandlerFunc(http.HandlerFunc(ni.NodeInfo)))
 
+	// handle mentions
+	write.HandleFunc("/mention:{handle}", handler.Web(handleViewMention, UserLevelReader))
+
 	// Set up dyamic page handlers
 	// Handle auth
 	auth := write.PathPrefix("/api/auth/").Subrouter()
@@ -184,7 +187,6 @@ func InitRoutes(apper Apper, r *mux.Router) *mux.Router {
 
 func RouteCollections(handler *Handler, r *mux.Router) {
 	r.HandleFunc("/page/{page:[0-9]+}", handler.Web(handleViewCollection, UserLevelReader))
-	r.HandleFunc("/mention:{handle}", handler.Web(handleViewMention, UserLevelReader))
 	r.HandleFunc("/tag:{tag}", handler.Web(handleViewCollectionTag, UserLevelReader))
 	r.HandleFunc("/tag:{tag}/feed/", handler.Web(ViewFeed, UserLevelReader))
 	r.HandleFunc("/tags/{tag}", handler.Web(handleViewCollectionTag, UserLevelReader))
diff --git a/schema.sql b/schema.sql
index ca8ec71..b3fae97 100644
--- a/schema.sql
+++ b/schema.sql
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `remoteusers` (
   `actor_id` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   `inbox` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   `shared_inbox` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-  `handle` varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
   UNIQUE KEY `collection_id` (`actor_id`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
diff --git a/sqlite.sql b/sqlite.sql
index e1a6b96..90989ed 100644
--- a/sqlite.sql
+++ b/sqlite.sql
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `remoteusers` (
   actor_id TEXT NOT NULL,
   inbox TEXT NOT NULL,
   shared_inbox TEXT NOT NULL,
-  handle TEXT DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
   CONSTRAINT collection_id UNIQUE (actor_id)
 );
 
diff --git a/webfinger.go b/webfinger.go
index 715e1cf..72c3f95 100644
--- a/webfinger.go
+++ b/webfinger.go
@@ -106,7 +106,22 @@ func RemoteLookup(handle string) string {
 	var result map[string]interface{}
 	json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
 
-	aliases := result["aliases"].([]interface{})
+	var href string
+	for _, link := range result["links"].([]interface{}) {
+		if link.(map[string]interface{})["rel"] == "self" {
+			href = link.(map[string]interface{})["href"].(string)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// if we didn't find it with the above then
+	// try using aliases
+	if href == "" {
+		aliases := result["aliases"].([]interface{})
+		// take the last alias because mastodon has the
+		// https://instance.tld/@user first which
+		// doesn't work as an href
+		href = aliases[len(aliases)-1].(string)
+	}
 
-	return aliases[len(aliases)-1].(string)
+	return href
 }